On the Road to Perdition with Waze
The Israeli-designed community-based traffic and navigation app Waze is one of the so-called start-up nation’s biggest success stories. But could Waze be harming our environment and our democracy?
Read MoreThe Israeli-designed community-based traffic and navigation app Waze is one of the so-called start-up nation’s biggest success stories. But could Waze be harming our environment and our democracy?
Read MoreIt’s a debate that has raged since 1948. Can the ongoing debate over the rights of dispossessed Palestinians’ descendants be overcome?
Read MoreIsrael possesses the bodies of five Islamic Jihad militants and has a decision to make. Should the bodies be immediately returned to relatives, or should they be used as part of a negotiation tactic?
Read MoreIsrael’s Supreme Court says stores should stay open in Tel Aviv on the Sabbath. Some say they struck a blow for freedom. Some say, workers deserve a day off. Some say, God is a higher authority.
Read MoreLeaders of the long-time standard-bearer for Israel’s liberal, Zionist left – Meretz – say their party is no longer Zionist. Is it time to retire the “Z Word”?
Read MoreIt is the centennial of the Balfour Declaration, affirming the right of Jews to a “national home” in Palestine. It was controversial then, and remains so today.
Read MoreThere’s a brouhaha over a feminist Member of Knesset who suggested that kids might be better off if there were no marriages or nuclear families.
Read MoreAvi Gabbay, the new head of the Labor Party, presumptive leader of the left, and heir not-so-apparent to Israel’s premiership, has triangulated to the right.
Read MorePresident Reuven Rivlin made a chilling speech to Knesset, in which he warned that Israeli democracy itself may be imperiled.
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Unscrewed
Sephardim and Mizrahim don’t feel discriminated against, while rich Ashkenazim do? What gives?
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